®Planning appeal decision
Land to the rear of 58 Penywern Road, SW5 9SX, LONDON
One-bed, one-person single storey house set around a courtyard
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Burnham T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the Character and appearance of the Earls Court Square Conservation Area with particular regard to any impact on the adjacent London Plane tree and with regard to the design, scale, massing and position of the proposed house.
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of future occupiers of the house with particular regard to the useability of the courtyard.
What decided it
The real risk of decline and loss of the London Plane tree causing less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area, which was not outweighed by the public benefits of the small-scale scheme.
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the Conservation Area from the risk of tree loss was not outweighed by the public benefits (housing contribution, sustainability of location, limited economic benefits and visual improvement).
Framework references: 202, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CR6, Policy CL3, Policy CL11, Policy CH3, Policy D6
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.